From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 09:18:33 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 753D3106564A; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:18:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C72B8FC0A; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsd.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.59] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R8To7-0004jI-3T; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:18:31 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R8To6-0006vu-SE; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:18:30 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p8R9IU0Q040050; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:18:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id p8R9IUSx040049; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:18:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:18:30 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: "O. Hartmann" Message-ID: <20110927091830.GA35900@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: "O. Hartmann" , h h , ade@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Kevin Oberman References: <20110926230335.041fd9aa@lab.lovett.com> <86mxdqfq69.fsf@gmail.com> <4E818941.7060006@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E818941.7060006@zedat.fu-berlin.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: h h , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, ade@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ports/ and 10.0-CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:18:33 -0000 On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:28:49AM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > On 09/27/11 08:35, h h wrote: > >Kevin Oberman writes: > > > >>On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Ade Lovett wrote: > >> > >>>With the advent of the conversion of HEAD to 10.0-CURRENT and, as to be > >>>expected, ports/ is going to be essentially unusable for a while. > >>> > >>>The issue stems from configure scripts (to choose something completely > >>>at random) assuming that FreeBSD would never jump to a double-digit > >>>major version number, and as such, various regexps for "freebsd1*" (ie: > >>>FreeBSD 1.1.x) are now matching "freebsd10". > >[...] > >> > >>aDe, > >> > >>Could an entry to this effect be added to UPDATING (with a matching > >>entry when ports/ is "unbroken"). > > > >Also mention a workaround, e.g. > > > > $ export UNAME_r='9.9-BLAH' > > > Now I understand why some OS vendors have choosen the latin 10 'X' for > their tenth version of their operating system ... At least there will be a long rest after the move to 10 is complete.. until FreeBSD 100. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423